Blotter-support



(No Model.)

H. O. GOO'DRIGH.

BLOTTER SUPPORT.

Patented May 11, 1886 llnirrhn TATES HARRY O. GOODRIGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BLOTTER-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,804, dated May 1 1, 1886.

Application tiled March 15, 1886.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY O. GOODRICH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Blotter-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The aim of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive means for holding blotters, pencils, and other articles commonly used by pennlcn, in such position that they may be instantly brought into use and instantly returned up to their normal position on being released.

To this end it consists, essentially, in an elastic standard having sufficient strength to sustain the blotter or other article, the standard being provided at one end with a screw connecting it with the desk or table, and provided at the opposite end with a clasp, or otherwise adapted to hold the blotter or its equivalent.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device in its normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the action of the device when the blotter is in use.

A represents a standard, constructed cominonly ot'a single piece of steel wire or equivalent material. At its lower end the standard is fashioned into a horizontal eye, a, through which a screw may be passed to secure it in an upright position on the top.ot' the desk orother support. A washer, I), is commonly placed beneath the standard and attached thereto, or made separate therefrom, as preferred. At its upper end the standard is pro vided with an eye, 0, to which there is connected the cord d, bearing at its opposite end an elastic U-shaped clasp adapted to embrace the edge of the blottersheet. The form of this clasp maybe modified according to the nature of the article which it is to hold.

Serial No. 195,220. (No model.)

In making use of the device it is secured, as shown, in an upright position at a distance from the front edge of the desk, and in such position that when erected will cause no inconvenience. .Vhen free, the standard remains in its upright position, suspending the blotter in view and in position to be conveniently reached.

When the blotter is to be used, it is drawn forward and manipulated in the ordinary manner, the flexibility of the standard allowing it to yield, so that the blotter may be moved freely in all directions without being disconuected therefrom. \Vhen the blotter is re leased, the standard and blotter will resume their original position.

It is obvious that the two ends of the standard may be modified in form, provided only that they are adapted for connection, respectively, with the desk or other support, and with the articleto be sustained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A support for blotters, pencils, and the like, consisting of a flexible arm provided with means of support or attachment at one end, and provided at the opposite end with means for the attachment of the blotter or its equivalent thereto.

2. A support for blotters, pencils, and the like, consisting of a flexible arm provided at one end with means of support or attachment, and at the opposite end with a cord having a clasp at its free end.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 1st day of March, 1886, in the pres ence of two attesting witnesses.

HARRY C. GOODRIOH.

Witnesses:

DANIEL W. BROWN, FRANK L. GOODRIOH. 

